David Hogg calls for investors to boycott BlackRock, Vanguard over gun holdings

David Hogg calls for investors to boycott BlackRock, Vanguard over gun holdings

David Hogg speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally in Washington on March 24. David Hogg, one of the student leaders to emerge from the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., is calling on investors to boycott BlackRock Inc. and The Vanguard Group, two of the biggest investment-management companies in the country, over their holdings in gun companies. “[BlackRock] and [Vanguard] are two of the biggest investors in gun manufacturers; if you use them, feel free to let them know,” Hogg said Tuesday in a series of tweets, with the hashtags #BoycottVanguard and #BoycottBlackRock. . @blackrock and @Vanguard_Group are two of the biggest investors in gun manufacturers; if you use them, feel free to let them know. Thanks 😉 — David Hogg (@davidhogg111) April 17, 2018 BlackRock BLK, +0.38% is the largest institutional shareholder of gun maker Sturm Ruger & Co. RGR, +1.09% and the second-largest investor of Vista […]